Whaling in 2000-2001 and Summer 2001

**Whaling by IWC member nations in 2000-2001 and Summer 2001**
Area	Fin	Humpback	Sei	Bryde's	Minke	Sperm	Bowhead	Gray	Others	TOTAL	Operation
Antarctic:-
- Japan	-	-	-	-	440	-	-	-	-	440	Special Permit
North Atlantic:-
- Denmark (Greenland)	8¹	2¹	-	-	156¹	-	-	-	-	166	Aboriginal subsistence
- Norway	-	-	-	-	552²	-	-	-	-	552	Whaling under Objection
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	Aboriginal subsistence
North Pacific:-
- Japan	-	-	1³	50	100	8	-	-	-	159	Special Permit
- Korea	-	-	-	-	1⁴	-	-	-	-	1
- Russian Fed.	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	112	-	113	Aboriginal subsistence
- U.S.A.	-	-	-	-	-	-	75⁵	-	-	75	Aboriginal subsistence
TOTAL	8	4	1	50	1249	8	76	112	-	1508

1) 8 fin whales (including 1 struck but lost), 139 minke whales (including 2 struck but lost), 2 humpback whales (both struck and lost) in West Greenlandand.
Take of 17 minke whales (including 3 struck and lost) was in East Greenland.
2) Including 11 struck but lost.
3) One sei whale taken by error during special permit catch.
4) An affair of illegal direct catch by small harpoon.
5) Including 26 struck and lost.

Reference:
Secretary's Report for the Year 2000-2001 (Draft),
Secretary's Report for the Year 2001-2002 (Draft)